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YOUR WASHINGTON AND YOU
Weekly News Letter
From Office of Karl Mundt
For release - November 19 or after
THE PROBLEM OF INDIA... There is a problem of India which presently disturbs World
Leaders and there is also a problem IN India which is equally important and
disturbing.
This triangular wedge of land which extends into the Indian Ocean and the Bay
of Bengal is one half the size of the United States and supports a population of
390,000,000 people. In the last twenty years there has been an increase of
60,000,000 people in India indicating the constantly increasing "population
pressure" in that country and the growing desire of her peoples to find lands of
opportunity into which to migrate. India is predominately rural and 89 percent of
her people derive their livelihood from agriculture.
The problem of feeding the immense population of India is a serious one. Of
the 320,000,000 acres of cultivated land, 250,000,000 acres are devoted to food
crops. Rice provides 70% of the diet and 72,000,000 acres are devoted to rice
production. One difficulty here lies in the fact that the average yield is but
26 bushels per acre compared with 70 bushels per acre in Japan. Consequently,
India must import from six to eight percent of her rice requirements from Burma.
Since Japan has invaded Burma, this rice supply has been imperiled thus provoking
a real problem of subsistence for India.
It seems unbelievable but statistics prove the point that India is the largest
producer in the world of sugar cane, tobacco and hides and cotton. Cotton
production is estimated at 4,500,000 bales. Lack of feed has resulted in a poor
quality of livestock production notwithstanding the fact that India has
310,000,000 head of livestock including sheep and goats. Here then is a country
with a population nearly three times that of the United States whose principal
problem is to provide food enough for the subsistence of her own people.
The impact of war upon India bringing with it the diversion of many of her
laborers to the production of machine-made weapons and articles creates a new
problem which the era of peace must solve -- who will buy the products which the
new machines of India can make at low cost with cheap labor? Can American,
English and European manufacturers compete with the machine made products of India
without either reducing our labor standards or increasing tariffs to equalize
competitive standards? Would such tariffs be wise? Would reduction of labor
standards be wise? Who knows the answers?
-o-
RED OUT AND BLACK OUT.. A plane climbs 30,000 feet and goes into a steep dive. At
2,000 feet the pilot levels out. What happens? At the point of levelling out,
the pilot's body continues for a fractional second to smash towards the earth's
surface with a force that is as much as 14 times the force of gravity. Actually,
this force increases the weight of the pilot's body from 200 pounds to more than
a ton.
It is this amazing force which causes blood to leave eyes and brain and
results in a temporary blackout for the pilot. Head and features are distorted
but the moment the force subsides, the body continues to function without bad
effects. Such is the miraculous flexibility of the human body. Now, consider a
speedy plane coming to the top of a steep climb at a high altitude. The effect is
to force blood to the head of the pilot. For a fractional moment everything turns
red. This force also subsides and the body again resumes its normal functioning.
Medical research is working to find the clue to the avoidance of both black out and
red out and it is certain that the answer will be found.
-o-
FACTS AND FIGURES. Fires resulting from negligence can be of far more damage than
the sabateur's torch. The FBI is doing a great job of checking the enemy agents
and alien fire bugs. Every American can help the war effort by guarding against
fire, being careful with lighted cigarettes, and appointing himself a committee of
one to prevent destruction by fire during this war ........ In August the
unemployed employables in this country still totaled about two million....
England has a work week of 55 hours in war industries .... The new Congress
which will convene next January will have the greatest array of new faces of any
American Congress of the past ten years.

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2012-09-21

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YOUR WASHINGTON AND YOU
Weekly News Letter
From Office of Karl Mundt
For release - November 19 or after
THE PROBLEM OF INDIA... There is a problem of India which presently disturbs World
Leaders and there is also a problem IN India which is equally important and
disturbing.
This triangular wedge of land which extends into the Indian Ocean and the Bay
of Bengal is one half the size of the United States and supports a population of
390,000,000 people. In the last twenty years there has been an increase of
60,000,000 people in India indicating the constantly increasing "population
pressure" in that country and the growing desire of her peoples to find lands of
opportunity into which to migrate. India is predominately rural and 89 percent of
her people derive their livelihood from agriculture.
The problem of feeding the immense population of India is a serious one. Of
the 320,000,000 acres of cultivated land, 250,000,000 acres are devoted to food
crops. Rice provides 70% of the diet and 72,000,000 acres are devoted to rice
production. One difficulty here lies in the fact that the average yield is but
26 bushels per acre compared with 70 bushels per acre in Japan. Consequently,
India must import from six to eight percent of her rice requirements from Burma.
Since Japan has invaded Burma, this rice supply has been imperiled thus provoking
a real problem of subsistence for India.
It seems unbelievable but statistics prove the point that India is the largest
producer in the world of sugar cane, tobacco and hides and cotton. Cotton
production is estimated at 4,500,000 bales. Lack of feed has resulted in a poor
quality of livestock production notwithstanding the fact that India has
310,000,000 head of livestock including sheep and goats. Here then is a country
with a population nearly three times that of the United States whose principal
problem is to provide food enough for the subsistence of her own people.
The impact of war upon India bringing with it the diversion of many of her
laborers to the production of machine-made weapons and articles creates a new
problem which the era of peace must solve -- who will buy the products which the
new machines of India can make at low cost with cheap labor? Can American,
English and European manufacturers compete with the machine made products of India
without either reducing our labor standards or increasing tariffs to equalize
competitive standards? Would such tariffs be wise? Would reduction of labor
standards be wise? Who knows the answers?
-o-
RED OUT AND BLACK OUT.. A plane climbs 30,000 feet and goes into a steep dive. At
2,000 feet the pilot levels out. What happens? At the point of levelling out,
the pilot's body continues for a fractional second to smash towards the earth's
surface with a force that is as much as 14 times the force of gravity. Actually,
this force increases the weight of the pilot's body from 200 pounds to more than
a ton.
It is this amazing force which causes blood to leave eyes and brain and
results in a temporary blackout for the pilot. Head and features are distorted
but the moment the force subsides, the body continues to function without bad
effects. Such is the miraculous flexibility of the human body. Now, consider a
speedy plane coming to the top of a steep climb at a high altitude. The effect is
to force blood to the head of the pilot. For a fractional moment everything turns
red. This force also subsides and the body again resumes its normal functioning.
Medical research is working to find the clue to the avoidance of both black out and
red out and it is certain that the answer will be found.
-o-
FACTS AND FIGURES. Fires resulting from negligence can be of far more damage than
the sabateur's torch. The FBI is doing a great job of checking the enemy agents
and alien fire bugs. Every American can help the war effort by guarding against
fire, being careful with lighted cigarettes, and appointing himself a committee of
one to prevent destruction by fire during this war ........ In August the
unemployed employables in this country still totaled about two million....
England has a work week of 55 hours in war industries .... The new Congress
which will convene next January will have the greatest array of new faces of any
American Congress of the past ten years.